Sunday, December 30, 2012

Perspectives on Angel Investing - Part 2

I
feel that it is becoming increasingly possible for angels -- or groups of
professions that focus on early stage investments -- to make satisfying
returns. I believe we are seeing more
and more of this. More groups are emerging which possess the ability to really assess
the single most important factor of success – the skills of an entrepreneur .

These
groups have the intuition to determine if the entrepreneur or founder has the
ability to withstand the roller-coaster of emotion and abuse typical of a
start-up. Angels need to assess whether
founders will be able to adjust to new situations, attract and hire strong
team, have the people skills and relentlessly focus on building the company and
create real substantial value . . simply to know if they are winners.

Over
the past 20 years, it has become much less expensive to start a company,
resulting in thousands and thousands of new companies a year. Technology has created an environment that
allows entrepreneurs to grow companies with business models that reach
profitability quickly, resulting in ventures that do not required VCs.

Despite
the overall constrains, I am very optimistic that with the right structure,
angels can have high returns. After all, large companies are always on the
prowl, looking for ways to get into new industries, obtain talent, acquire technology
and patents, reduce time to market or simply grow revenue. Therefore companies will continue to buy
startups with angels receiving high multiples.

Angels can be a good thing for one who is interested. It is in fact something that will be a good tool for one to get all the benefits. I am just so glad I encountered this article for my added knowledge.

I agree with you Point that if any Company works strategically then it may achieve success. I agree on your Point that it's getting to easy these days to open a Company but only Strategically SOund ones survive

I am interested in angel investing, because of what I see, the investor really impressed me. I think they have a great view about how a startup should be managed and operated. Beside that, Angel Investor usually invest a large amount of personal capital in a small number of companies, which is a better decision I think.

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Yuval Tal enjoys a diverse career
in the field of internet commerce related technologies that has spanned more
than 20 years. Yuval Tal is considered an expert in the field, particularly in
relation to currency exchange, security related technologies and prepaid debit/credit
card applications. This expertise, together with his extensive hands-on
experience, has firmly positioned Yuval Tal as an acknowledged leader in his
field. Payoneer, founded by Tal in 2005, offers an end-to-end solution for
online payments, the strength of which lies in its simplicity. The company
provides its customers with prepaid MasterCard® cards, thus eliminating the
cumbersome procedures involved in payment via the bank. Payoneer offers a
number of features, including transfer in local currency.

After a number of years with
companies such as Radware (integrated network security systems) and R-U-Sure
(comparison shopping via the internet), Tal made the move to an independent
career with the founding of E4X in 1995. The company provided unique services
and solutions for payment over the internet, and under Tal’s leadership grew to
a turnover of US$ 500 million. E4X later became FiftyOne, and has remained a
leading player in its field.

In a later venture, Payments-R-Us,
Yuval Tal has teamed up with three other experienced professionals in the field
of payments, with overs 100 years of accumulated experience between them. The
company offers a web-based service to help merchants find the most appropriate
payment solution for their needs.

Yuval Tal’s latest investment is as
an angel investor in the start-up Tactus Mobile Solutions, which recently
raised US$1.5 million in its first round of financing. Tactus is currently
completing development of the release version of its app to support mobile payments,
which is scheduled to launch soon.

Israeli born Yuval Tal graduated
from Tel Aviv University with degrees in engineering. He is a keen sportsman who particularly enjoys marathons and
triathlons, and also has an interest in photography.